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From: Mikhail Matusov<misoma@r...>
Date: Sat Feb 14 02:20:09 CET 2004
Subject: [oc] Need for a new FPGA prototype board
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From: "Jecel Assumpcao Jr" <jecel@m...>
To: "Discussion list about free open source IP cores" <cores@o...>
> This one has a DSP and a link layer chip in addition to the phy, so it
> might not be usable for your application:
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> http://www.traquair.com/catalog/ultracompact.products.html
Yes, I am aware of this product. It is not what I need, mainly because it
won't have a direct path from FPGA to PHY and because it is not a PCI
board....
> I am designing a Spartan 3 board myself but don't expect to see the
> actual chip very soon. Note that the Spartan 3 models in the page I
> indicated are not yet available.
I talked to Avnet a couple of days ago about the situation with Spartan-3
availability. I was told that two models (50K and 400K IIRC) are available
now, but the lead time is long.
> If you are not aiming for volume production, then you might want to
> think of doing an adapter board with the 1394 phy and connecting that
> to an existing FPGA kit. Even if you have to use a short flat cable,
> the signals between the board won't have to high a frequency.
I've been thinking of this approach too. The thing is that if I am to design
and manufacture a board it doesn't matter much in terms of cost whether it
will be a little PHY board or a whole PCI board. Besides, I haven't seen
really cheap PCI FPGA evaluation boards... If someone could point me to
one...
/Mikhail
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